[Americana] (Paine, Thomas, et al.). Eulogies and Orations on the Life and Death of General George Washington, First President of the United States of America

[Americana] (Paine, Thomas, et al.). Eulogies and Orations on the Life and Death of General George Washington, First President of the United States of America

Boston: Manning & Loring, 1800. First edition. 8vo. (iv) 304 pp. Full contemporary brown calf; remnants of red morocco spine label; endcaps perished; spine worn, split, and dry; front and rear boards loose, but holding; contemporary ownership signature of John Carter on title-page. Evans 37383; Sabin 101803

An early collection of eulogies and orations on the Death of George Washington.

"The orations, etc., included are those of Henry Lee, G. R. Minot, J. M. Sewall, Gouverneur Morris, Thomas Paine, John Brooks, David Ramsay, George Blake, Fisher Ames, Timothy Bigelow, John Davis, William Linn, Jeremiah Smith, Joseph Blyth, Isaac Parker, J. M. Mason, William Jackson, C. P. Sumner, Josiah Dunham, and J. T. Kirkland." (Sabin)

The Subscriber's List notes a John Carter, from Boston, possibly the same John Carter who has signed this copy.

This lot is located in Philadelphia.
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